Attachment for ironing boards



Aug. 5, 1930. E. w. MCINTIRE ATTAGHMENT FoR IRoNING BOARDS Filed July 20, 1929 A At/W K f W l@ L f@ m E f. ,f i l E'. 6W. Me/ffy@ Patented Aug. 5, 1930 Y A UNIT-ED STATES PATENT oFF-icl?.v

ELWOOD W. MCINTIRE, OF VENLTNOR, NEW JERSEY ATTACHMENT Fon IRONING BoARns Application med July 2o, 1929. serial No. 379,783.

in the provision of an attachment of this nature, consisting of a bracket member adapted to be fixed to the ironing board and an iron holding member in the form of a frame slidably supported on the first mentioned member between the member and the bottom face of the board, and the inner end of the frame holding member adapted to abut the underface of the board when the iron is placed on that end of the frame projecting beyond the board.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of an iron holding attachment for ironing boards which is simply constructed, strong, durable, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly reliable practical and efficient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the inven- '25 tion will become apparent during a study of the following description, taken in connection with the Jfollowing drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my attachment showing the application of the same to an ironing board, the ironing board being shown fragmentarily.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

With reference more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that I have denoted generally by the reference character 5 an iron- 0 ing board of conventional construction, one end of which board is provided with my iron holding attachment.

That form of my invention as herein illustrated consists in a rigid supporting bracket designated generally by the reference character 6, said bracket being formed of an elongated strip of metal of suitable length bent upwardly at right angles at its opposite ends as at 7 and then bent laterally to provide a pair of attaching ears 88.

The attaching bracket 6'is disposedtransversely of the ironing board 5 adjacent one end of the ironingboard sothat' the intermediate orr body Vportion of the "bracket is disposed in'spaced relation to theboard 5 and suitable fastening elements such as screws 9 are passed through the `apertured ears 8 and screwed into the board 5 for rigidly maintaining the lbracket 6 in a rigid position and in spacedI relation to the undersurface of the board as clearlysuggested"inv Y Figure 3. .y

The attachment further comprises an iron holding `frame `designated generally by the reference characterl 10.` yThe iron holding frame comprises Va transverse bar 11 bent upwardly or at right angles atits opposite ,endsl as at 12, while secured to this' bar and-"arranged in longitudinal spaced relation on said bar 1 1 is a plurality of bars-13, each of which bars is secured radjacent one endas at 14 to the bar 11 so as to extend laterally with respect to the bar` 11. w i

As shown to advantage in Figure V1, the bars 13 graduate in size, the longer ofthe bars being at one end and the shortest of the barsbeing at the other'or opposite endof the bar 11. At their attached ends,the*bars 13v havetheir terminals bent upwardly at rightl anglesas aty 15. TheV center orintermediate bar 13 is bent upon itself intermediate :its ends and adjacent toits attached end to provide a stop 16. j y 1 When the supporting bracket 6 isplaced in position upon the ironing board 5 in a manner as before describedthe forward or fiat ends of the bars 13 of the iron supporting frame 10 are passed lbetweenthe body ofthe bracket 6 and the board '5as 'suggested in Figure 1, the stop member 16 of the lintermediate bar `13 abutting the outer edgeof theKA board 5 to limit the inward 4movement ofthe iron supporting frame 10.4

That portion of the fra-me now projecting beyond the said end of the ironing board 5`provides a suitable supporting surface forv an iron, and it will be noted that the bars graduating in size as mentioned will conform somewhat to the contour of the ironand the terminals 15 of the bars` 13 and terminals 12 of the bar 11 will provide stops for the iron in an obvious manner.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I `have provided a simple, inexpensive attachment for ironing boards for holding the iron at one end of the board in a secure and positive manner and in an out of the way, yet readily accessible position. t

Even though I have herein shown and described in detail the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible toy changes in size, arrangement of the separate parts, materials used and other such details as ,come within the spirit of the invention as herein described, andthe scope of the appended claims. l

Having thus describedmyl invention, what I claim as new is: y

1. In combination with an ironing board, an elongated bracket member secured to the ironing board at one end thereof, said 'bracket member having its intermediate portion disposed in spaced relation to the board, and an iron supporting frame comprisinga bar, a plurality of bars secured to the lirst mentioned Vbar and extending laterally on both sides of said bar, said latter bars at the ends on one side of the first mentioned bar being slidably engaged with the bracket and positioned between said bracket and the board, a pair of gripping lingers formed on the opposite end of the first mentioned bar, a gripping fingerl formed. on each of the other of said bars-at the ends ,opposite tothe rst mentioned ends, one of saidlast mentioned bars being provided intermediate its ends and between Vthe first bar and the first mentioned end with a stop adapted for engagement, with the ironing board to limit the inward sliding 40S movement of the ironsupportin g frame upon said bracket. t

2.y In combination with yan ironing board,

1 an elongated bracket member secured to the ironing board at one end thereof, said bracket member havingits intermediate portion disposed in spaced relation to the board, and an vironsupporting framecomprising a bar, a(

plurality of bars secured tothe first mentioned bar and extending laterally on both sides of said bar, said latter bars at the ends oneone side of the first mentioned bar being slidably engaged with the bracket and Ipositioned between saidbracket and the board, a pair of gripping fingers formed on the opposite end of the first mentioned bar, a gripping linger formed on each of the other of said bars at thefends opposite to the first Y mentioned ends, one of said last mentioned bars being provided intermediate its ends and between the first bar and the first mentioned end with a stop adapted for engagementv with the ironing board to limit the inward sliding movement of the iron supporting frame upon said bracket, and said last mentioned bars graduatingl in size from-one end to the other of the first mentioned bar.

3. In a holder for sad irons, a bracket an upstanding sad iron engaging finger, and` said cross bar at its opposite ends being provided with upstan'ding sad iron engaging ngers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELWOOD W. MCINTIRE. 

